About
The Kidney Cancer Association was founded in 1990 by Eugene P. Schonfeld and a small group of patients and doctors in Chicago, Illinois and has grown into an international non-profit organization. The KCA promotes scientific advances through two annual research symposiums and a robust grant program, participates in legislative advocacy, and seeks to be a source of education and resources for patients, caregivers, and anyone impacted by kidney cancer.
Our vision is to be the universal leader in finding the cure for kidney cancer.
Our mission is to be a global community dedicated to serving and empowering patients and caregivers, and leading change through advocacy, research, and education.
Gretchen E. Vaughan
President & CEO
Houston, Texas
Kendall Monroe
Chief Advancement Officer
Houston, Texas
Dr. Salvatore La Rosa
Chief Scientific Officer
New York, New York
Ryan Cerezo
Development Manager
Lathrop, California
Radha Chitale
Senior Director of Communications
Washington, D.C.
Rosemary Chustak
Patient Liaison
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Gabriela Galvan
Program Coordinator
Houston, Texas
M. Nathanial Haubrich
Director of Finance
Houston, Texas
Christine Kelly-Weaver
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Houston, Texas
Melissa Lopez
Gift Operations Associate
Punta Gorda, Florida
Amy Marbaugh
Director of Patient Programs
Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Shirley
Director of Advancement Services (Contractor)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Jeanette Stensgaard
Director of Events (Contractor)
Denver, Colorado
Sarah Tuck
Senior Manager of Patient Programs
Holland, Pennsylvania
Maggie Valdes
Manager of Corporate Partnerships
Houston, Texas
Angela Washington
Director of Operations
Houston, Texas
Sarah Wood
Clinical Engagement Coordinator
Houston, Texas
Bradley Leibovich, MD, FACS (Chair)
Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota
Ronald M. Bukowski, MD
Bukowski Consulting LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Craig DePriester
Senior Vice President, Operations, Optum Care
Los Angeles, California
Ryan Natzke (Vice-Chair)
Chief External Affairs Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Madison, Wisconsin
Brian Shuch, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Laura Wood, RN, MSN, OCN
Retired, formerly of the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Laurence Albiges, MD, PhD
Professor, Institut Gustave Roussy
Paris, France
Noah Buntman
Head of Supply Chain, Foundry Brands
Excelsior, Minnesota
Daniel J. George, MD
Duke Cancer Institute
Durham, North Carolina
David Perry, Esq.
Retired, formerly a partner of K&L Gates LLP
Irvine, California
Joel Stern (Treasurer)
Retired, formerly CEO of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc.
Kildeer, Illinois
Ruben Ybarra
Consultant/Project Manager, Shell
Houston, Texas
Mahul B. Amin, MD
Vice President, Lab Corp of America
San Diego, California
Tessa Churchill, MD, MBA (Secretary)
Resident Physician, Anesthesiology,
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Jamie Graves
Director, State and Local Affairs, BP America
Chicago, Illinois
Shelley Robson
Senior Director of Trusts, Estates and Gift Planning, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Gretchen E. Vaughan
President and Chief Executive Officer, Kidney Cancer Association
Houston, Texas
Laurence Albiges, MD, PhD
Professor, Institut Gustave Roussy
Paris, France
Ronald M. Bukowski, MD (Emeritus)
Emeritus Staff, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Jose Karam, MD, FACS
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Sumanta Pal, MD
City of Hope
Duarte, California
Brian Rini, MD, FASCO
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Walter M. Stadler, MD, FACP (Emeritus)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Mahul B. Amin, MD
Vice President, Lab Corp of America
San Diego, California
Matthew Campbell, MD, MS
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Bradley C. Leibovich, MD
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota
Thomas Powles, MBBS, MRCP, MD
Barts Cancer Institute
London, England, UK
Brian Shuch, MD (Vice-Chair)
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Nizar M. Tannir, MD, FACP (Emeritus)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Axel Bex, MD, PhD
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Daniel J. George, MD (Chair)
Duke Cancer Institute
Durham, North Carolina
Pavlos Msaouel, MD, PhD
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Sarah Psutka, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Eric Singer, MD, MA, MS, FACS, FASCO
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Tian Zhang, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
*The Medical Steering Committee provides strategic guidance to KCA in the planning of its medical education activities as well as supervision of the content of its patient education programs and literature. This committee is also charged with responsibility for selection of members of the planning committees for all medical symposiums sponsored by KCA.
Julia Batten, APRN, MSN, MPH
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan Jackson, RN
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Nancy Moldawer, RN, MSN (Co-Chair)
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Emily Wang, PharmD, BCOP
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Reena Cherry, MS, PA-C
UC San Diego Health
San Diego, California
Zita Lim, PA-C
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Virginia J. Seery, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Laura S. Wood, RN, MSN, OCN (Chair)
Retired, formerly of the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Patricia Fischer RN, MSN, OCN
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Lidia Lopez, DNP, MBA
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, California
Julia Stevens, PharmD, BCOP
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Nazy Zomorodian, NP
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, California
*Mission: The mission of the Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) is to provide kidney cancer relevant information to patients and caregivers and health care professionals.
Kathleen Campbell
Mineral, Virginia
John Ferrell
Austin, Texas
Sean Healy
Henrico, Virginia
Bruce Hill
Hudson Valley, New York
Vineeta Hiranandani
San Francisco, California
Ritchie Johnson
Houston, Texas
Benjamin Lundin
Granby, Connecticut
Matt McClain
San Juan Capistrano, California
Ryan Natzke (Chair)
Madison, Wisconsin
Annamaria Scaccia
Austin, Texas
Claudia Tatum
Bixby, Oklahoma
Marissa Willis
Blue Springs, Missouri
Salima Witt
San Diego, California
Peggy Zuckerman
Long Beach, California
*Mission: The Patient & Caregiver Advisory Council serves as the voice of the patient and provides the vital link between the patient community and the Kidney Cancer Association.
Legal Information
The KCA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; federal taxpayer identification number 36-3719712.
